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CISG-online number
6100
Case name
Cargo Transport by Light Trucks LLC v. Big Machinery B.V.
Jurisdiction
Netherlands
Court
Rechtbank Gelderland (District Court Gelderland)
Judge
H.F.R. van Heemstra (Sole judge)
Date of decision
16 November 2022
Case nr./docket nr.
C/05/392412 HA ZA 21-432
Claimant 1
Name
Cargo Transport by Light Trucks LLC
Place of business
United Arab Emirates
Role in transaction
Buyer
Respondent 1
Name
Big Machinery B.V.
Place of business
Netherlands
Role in transaction
Seller
Case History
Present decision
Maryam Ibrahim Cargo Transport by Light Trucks LLC v. Big Machinery B.V.
Rechtbank Gelderland (District Court Gelderland)
Netherlands, 30 August 2023 – C/05/392412 / HA ZA 21-432, CISG-online 6470
Big Machinery B.V. v. Maryam Ibrahim Cargo Transport by Light Trucks LLC
Gerechtshof Arnhem-Leeuwarden (Court of Appeal Arnhem-Leeuwarden)
Netherlands, 05 December 2023 – 200.332.512, CISG-online 6678
Seller 1
Name
Big Machinery B.V.
Place of business
Netherlands
Buyer 1
Name
Cargo Transport by Light Trucks LLC
Place of business
United Arab Emirates
Category of goods
74: General industrial machinery and equipment, not elsewhere specified, and machine parts, not elsewhere specified
Goods as per contract
Used crane (type Tadano GT750E)
Price
74'000.00 USD (U.S. Dollar)
CISG applicable
no, Art. 6 (exclusion by the parties in their sales contract)
CISG applied
applicability discussed, but eventually denied
(Domestic) law applied in addition
Dutch law
Key CISG provisions applied
Art. 1(1)(a); Art. 14; Art. 18
CISG provisions also cited
Art. 8; Art. 9; Art. 19; Art. 23
Non-provision-specific issues addressed
Burden of proof; Incorporation of standard terms into CISG contracts; Uncertainty about party to the sales contract
This decision cites the following other CISG-online case 1
Grootscholten v. Vergo Kwekerjien B.V.B.A.
Hoge Raad (Dutch Supreme Court)
Netherlands, 28 January 2005 – C03/290HR, CISG-online 1002
This decision cites the following CISG-AC Opinion 1
CISG-AC Opinion No. 13 ‘Inclusion of Standard Terms under the CISG’ (Rapporteur: Sieg Eiselen), adopted by the CISG Advisory Council following its 17th meeting in Philadelphia (USA) on 20 January 2013
European Case Law Identifier (ECLI)
ECLI:NL:RBGEL:2022:7567
Full text of decision 1
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Original language: Dutch